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“And I love light. Perhaps you'll think it strange that an invisible man should need light, desire light, love light. But maybe it is exactly because I am invisible. Light confirms my reality, gives birth to my form.”
― Invisible Man
― Invisible Man
“She had several times been in love with fortunes or careers, but only once with a man.”
― The House of Mirth
― The House of Mirth
“I often wished that more people understood the invisible side of things. Even the people who seemed to understand, didn't really.”
― Determination
― Determination
“All the long misery of his baffled past, of his youth of failure, hardship and vain effort, rose up in his soul in bitterness and seemed to take shape before him in the woman who at every turn had barred his way.”
― Ethan Frome
― Ethan Frome
“He said that my problem was that I was perfectly healthy and had the illusion that I would be able bodied forever. I could only begin understanding his problem if I gave up that illusion and that would be very difficult, given how healthy I was. I understand, I mistakenly said, and he said no you don’t.”
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